if you are new to the gym and dont have a trainer, what do you start with?

When I went to the gym I always started on the eliptical for 20 minutes and then 10 minutes on the stationary bikes. Others would use the tread mill. When doing these I would start with a low setting and my goal would be to just stick with it for the alotted time. I did try to push myself a bit but not real hard for starting out. After a while you can tell when it starts to feel to easy so I would either pick up the pace or up the settings a bit. Soon I set a goal of trying to get 2 miles on the elipitical and that or more on the bike and doing it in the allotted time I set for myself. From there I would go to the weight machines. Start at a low weight and only do a ten repititions to starte with. As with the other machines you will know when a weight starts to feel to easy. Add a bit more weight and start to do sets of ten. From there just increase your weights accordingly. Keep track of what weightage you use on each machine. You will find that what you use will vary from machine to machine. make sure you use machines that work all parts of your body. To finish off your work out do some stretches. This was the type of schedule set up for me by a trainer.

I asked my son for advice for you ,he says always do a warm up and cool down ( the exercise bike for instance , and build up what you are doing very slowly) be very careful as you can hurt yourself if you lift too much , In Scotland there are no Gym@s without trainers or instructors xx

I start with either the eliptical or exercise bike or treadmill and try to do it untile I am quite winded. This warms the body and gets the heart moving. The object being to build to 20 minutes on the machine on three days per week. This is the aerobic part of the workout. I then go and do lifting with free weights. I do various exercises with low weights, and higher reps. The idea being to build stamina and some muscle, not to bulk up like a weight lifter! Supposedly if one does 12 reps with a certain weight and by the 12th one, you are saying, "oh goodness, I can't go on...", then that is the amount of weight that you need to be using. If you aren't saying that, the amoutn is too little, and if you say it before 12reps, it is too much!

Start slowly, on all the machines. Try reps of 15-20 to each different muscle group. If, on the next day, you are not sore, bump it up to double. You should be sore enough to know that you worked out! And don't stop if you are sore, keep on going! I'll be curious to know how you do!

if iam new to gym and no trainer to start with i will try to lift all the weights i can , no matter i should do that or not

Look for a trainer. Here in Brazil you can have a trainer to tell what you're going to do, after that you don on your own what the trainer told you and ask for help if you need. After some time, the trainer changes your exercises.